Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-11
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DETAILS OF THE CONTEST.
At the present writing this ordi-
narily quiet community is in turmoil
of the widest excitement, over Sc
rious cutting affray which occurred in
leading business house early this
morning.
The parties involved are both of
them well-known to great number
of our people, and as many individual
interests are involved in the dispute,
the commOtion that would naturally
be expected to arise from so tragic an
event, has been greatly accelerated by
personal feeling. Accordingly, ex-
element is now at fever heat, and
future developments are awaited with
the keenest interest.
The aggressor and victor in the
fight was Mr.. Pendleton, the we'll
known Grocer and Notion Man of
Main Street, Shepherdstown, at whose
place of business the cutting occurred.
His victim, II. |. Price, more ia
miliarly known as "the Big Prophet"
or Hi. Price, was one of our oldest
residents. With all respect for the
dying man, it must be admitted that
his business relations with great
number of our citizens has gained for
him hosts of enemies, while his
strongest support naturally comes
from Mr.. Pendleton's competitors in
trade,
1t is alleged by reliable parties who
claim to possess the inside facts, that
although Mr.. Pendleton has long en-
tertained toward Hi. Price feelings of
bitterness and mistrust, the immedi-
ate cause of the difficulty was the in
excusable course of action adopted by
Hi. Price. who of late has been re-
peatedly detected in the act of slip
ping into Pendleton's store.
Mr.. Pendleton's friends claim for
him that Hi. Price was tool in the
hands of his (Pendleton's) competi-
tors, and that the object of gaining
admission to the store was to inJure
and cripple his business. Naturally
much bad blood has been engendered,
and Mr.. Pendleton's detection of an
other surreptitious attempt to gain an
entrance, was the signal for terrible
battle, in which "The Big Prophet"
was nearly cut in two.
Since the denouement Mr.. Pen
dleton has given his usual personal
attention to his rapidly increasing
business, and has not been arrested.
Hi. Prices friends, the competitors
of Mr.. Pendleton, are loud in the as
sertion that he will soon be in the
hands of the sheriff, but Mr.. Pendle-
ton states there is not the least danger
from that source, so long as public
sentiment is with him, and his many
friends and patrons boldly declare
that by cordial and united support
of Pendleton, they can and will frus-
trate any such attempts.
The popular feeling to-day is, that
it is to everybody's interests to endorse
Mr.. Pendleton's action in Kidding the
community ofan obnoxious character,
and to patronize him to the fullest ex-
tent, especially as with Hi. Price en-
tirely done for and out of the way, he
is now selling bis large stock of Hats,
Caps, Boots, Shoes, and Notions at
extraordinary bargains. In case you
wish to lend your presence and sup
port to the anti-Hi. Price faction, you
can do so by calling at B. S. Pendle-
tons store, on Main Street, Shep-
herdstown, w. Va.